Apple finally launches a Screen Time API for app developers Just after the release of iOS 12 in 2018, Apple introduced its own built-in screen time tracking tools and controls. It then began cracking…
Apple’s new App Store Guidelines aim to crack down on fraud and scams Apple today is releasing a new version of its App Store Review Guidelines, its lengthy document which dictates the rules which apps must abide…
In search of a new crypto deity Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I wrote about tech taking on Disney. This week, I’m talking about the…
This one email explains Apple An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple’s App Store based suit brought…
Tencent helps Chinese students skip prohibitively low speeds for school websites overseas Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students enrolled in overseas schools are stranded as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life and airlines worldwide. Learning…
Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi, now the No. 1 app on…
This Week in Apps: Google I/O hits and misses, Snap goes shopping, Parler returns to App Store Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The…
Tim Cook plays innocent in Epic v Apple’s culminating testimony Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the…
GasBuddy tops the App Store for the first time due to Colonial Pipeline attack The GasBuddy mobile app, which typically helps consumers find the cheapest gas nearby, has now become the No. 1 app on the U.S. App…
Apple expands its ad business with a new App Store ad slot At the same time as it’s cracking down on the advertising businesses run by rivals, Apple is introducing a new way for developers to…
Europe charges Apple with antitrust breach, citing Spotify App Store complaint The European Commission has announced that it’s issued formal antitrust charges against Apple, saying today that its preliminary view is Apple’s app store rules distort…